Adjustably-clamped roof.



M. NEUMAYER.

ADJUSTABLY CLAMPED ROOF.-

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. m4 RENEWED SEPT. 5. m1.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

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. invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilled in the art.

. In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of an up er portion of a car, showing one of the ad ustable clips coijperating witha binding rod to hold the roof sheets i place. 1

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through that part of the car shown in Fig,

1,-further illustrating the relation of the parts shown in the latter figure; and

Fig. 3 is a section through one of the carlines showing the arrangement of one of the binding rods and the lapping roof sheets, the section being taken on line 33, of Fig. 2.

In roofs that have been heretofore positioned and retained in place by means of rods binding them to the walls of the structure they covered, it has been customary to bend over the ends of said rods and to anchor them in various ways.

This is an objectionable practice because the outer fibers at the bent ends of the rods are stretched and apt to be so much so beyond their elastic limit as to greatly impair the strength and reliability of such rods. There has alsousually been a lack of opportunity for properly adjusting the bind- My present invention provides means for clamping the roof in place in such'manner that there may be a proper adjustment of the rods to the contour of the roof framing, and so that the roof sheets will be firmly held in place, but, when secured to a structure subject to vibratory impulses, as a railroad car, allowed to respond to the weav-" ing action of the car body, whilethe car is mausrnnny-cnnmrnn noor.

i Specification Letters Patent. I

Application filed July 28, 1914, Serial No. 853,660.

Patented Qct. so, 1917. Renewed September 5, 1917. Serial No. 189,886.

in motion. Thus undue binding of the sheets upon the roof framing is entirely avoided without a concession to the danger of their displacement.

An improved adjustment of the binding rods is also attained with my arrangement, it being possible to adjust-said rods either vertically or horizontally to secure a refined pressure on the roof sheets best adapted to maintain the preferable frictional relation between the lapping portions of adjacent roof sheets and the roof framing upon which they rest.

Other advantages which have not already been enumerated but become apparent hereinafter operate to increase the merit of this invention.

As the structure is symmetrical at both sides of the car, it has been deemed unnecessary to illustrate or describe more than one side, and, in the drawings, 1 represents a I side plate of conventional form, which may be of wood, as shown, or of suitably shaped metal, forming a part of the car body and 2 the sheathing of one of the side walls of the car body. On the outside of the side plate 1, and lapping both it and the sheathing 2, is the fascia board 3.

Supported by the side plates 1. at opposite sides of the car, and forming part of a roof frame, are carlines 4 of any suitable type, the form shown harmonizing excellently with the general arrangement herein disclosed and comprising a pair of spaced angles. Roof sheets 5, which may be formed either of flat or corrugated metal sheets, lap each other and are preferably crimped' at the joints, the space between the angles of each carline accommodating saidcrimped joints. The roof sheets at each side of the car extend outwardly over the side plate and fascia board, and are there bent downwardly and extend to the bottom of said. fascia board and are then turned inwardly to lap the bottom of the latter.

It'is considered desirable to have the underlying roof sheet lie in contact with the top surfaces of the carlines, side plates and fascia boards, and with the outer and under surfaces of a suitable anchor therefor, which in the present example is the fascia. Said under surface of the fascia board is preferably inclined upwardly and inwardly, and the edges of the roof sheets are shown, in Fig. 2, to be secured to said under sur- .rugations 6 crimped in the roof sheets at I each joint are. arranged eccentrically to each other, one above the other, and have an elastic correlation, the under fiuting receiving the upper, there being space between the,

two, said fiutings preferably terminating at the outer faces of the fascia boards.

Within the flutin of the superposed roof sheets lie transversely disposed binding rods or members 7, which may extend across the car for the full width of the roof, or may terminate at and be secured to the usual saddle blocks, not shown, near the middle of the roof. The rods 7 project outwardly beyond the fascia boards and when these rods are drawn downwardly, as hereinafter set forth, the fiuting of the superposed sheet is crowded into that of the underlying sheet, a spring-like binding connection between the lapping ends of contiguous sheets resulting, as best illustrated in Fig. 3. There remains, however, enough flexibility in the associated lapping portions to allow said lapping sheets toslide one upon the other Within certain limits, when subjected to an otherwise disrupting distortional stress. It is, of course, obvious that instead of the rods shown, bars of other cross section with suitable ends, or relatively wide strips of metal with separate threaded lugs attached to the ends thereof, or any other suitable binding means may be used.

Slipped over each end of each binding rod 7 or its approved equivalent is the eye of an eyebolt 8, the shank portion thereof depending and passing through an aperture in the upper horizontal outstanding flange or leg of a' bracket 9, which bracket is secured in position as to the side plate or the exterior of the sheathing 2 by a bolt 10, which passes through said bracket sheathing and'the side plate and is provided with a tightening nut 11.

1 The eye of eyebolt 8 is provided with an upon their lower extremities nuts 14. In consequence thereof, an additional vertical adjustment of the binding rods 7 is permitted, for, upon the proper ositioning of the nuts 14 on the shanks of tlie eyebolts 8, said binding rods 7 will be caused to correspondingly increase or decrease the presure upon the roof sheets- 5.

Brackets 9 are of inverted L-shaped cross section, and each may be provided with one or more bracing ribs 15, which connect the vertical and horizontal legs of said brackets. Just below the horizontal leg of each bracket 9, the bracing rib 15 is formed with an inwardly projecting pad or boss 16, which, when the nut 14: of the eyebolt 8 is in its normal position, prevents the rotation of said nut, insuring against the accidental detachment of the eyebolt 8, and the consequent release of that end of binding rod 7 which is held in plac by said eyebolt.

In securing the roof in place, and after the roof sheets have been properly positioned, the eyebolts 8 are connected to the brackets 9 and by'the manipulation of nuts 14: adjusted to the proper height, the eyes of the bolts 8 being mounted upon the ends of rods 7, and the brackets 9 being secured to the car. Nuts 13 are screwed onto the projecting ends of binding rods 7 to complete the uniting of the parts, and are tightened to exert the proper pressure.

When the parts are assembled, the form illustrated in the drawing shows the eyebolt 8 drawn against the vertically disposed por- 100 tion of a roof sheet where it parallels the outer .face of the fascia board. Said eyebolt, therefore, cannot be revolved, even if the rotation preventing pad or boss 16 be omitted.

What I claim is 1. In a structure of the class described, a roof frame comprehending a carline comprising spaced members, lapping roof sheets supported upon said roof frame and pro- 110 vided with elastically correlated seats between said carline members and within the lap of said roof sheets, a binding member adapted to cooperate with one of said seats and projecting beyond the roof without sub- 115 stantial deviation from its path of direction, and means for vertically adjusting said binding member and to secure it in position. 2. In a car roof, suitably supported relatively slidable lapping roof sheets, a bind- 120 ing rod adapted to bear thereagainst and to project beyond the roof, a bracket adapted to be secured to a car body and having an outstanding flange, an eyebolt passing therethrough and having an eye beveled and 125 apertured to correspond to the disposition of said rod, means for adjusting the height of saideye, andmeans for ad usting said rod transversely of the roof.

3. In a car roof, suitably supported rela- 130 ing rod adapted to-bear thereagainst and to project in a substantially straight path beyond the roof, a bracket comprising a flange adapted to be secured to the body ortion of a car, an apertured outstanding ange and i a rib connecting both flanges, a bolt comprising an eye adjusted to the disposition of said rod and a shank passing through said outstanding bracket flange, a tighte nut on said rod, an adjusting/nut on sai bolt shank below said last mentioned flange, and means on said bracket preventing the rotation of the adjusting nut when the parts are assembled. v

4. In a car, a side plate forming part of a car body, suitably supported relatively slidable lapping roof sheetsextending over the outside of said car body, a binding rod stretched over said roof sheets and extending outwardly there beyond in a substantially straight path, fixed holding means secured to said car body, adjustable means connecti-ng said rod and holding means and means adapted to prevent swiveling of said adjusting means. I

5. In a car roof, a roof frame comprehending a carline comprising parallel members, lapping roof sheets provide with elastically correlatedseats positioned between said spaced carline members and a bmding rod above'one seat adapted to regulate the pressure between both seats, each roof sheet adapted to la both spaced members and to be relatively s idable therewith and with re lation to each other.

6. In a railway car, framing members, roof sheets dpgovided with lapping corrugations exten g over said framing members, a binding member in alinement with some of the corrugations of said roof sheets and extending therebeyond, an anchor secured to one of said framing members, a vertically adjustable member secured to said anchor and to said binding member and means for adjusting .said adjustable member.

7 In a car roof, a frame member comprising a carline, roof sheets havin their edges lapped over said carline, a bin ing member Over the lapping portion of said roof Sheets, an anchor bracket secured to the side of the car, in combination with an adjustable connector connecting the said bracket with the end of said binding member whereby the end of said binding member may! be adjusted vertically relative to said anchor bracket.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

MAX J. NEUMAYER. Witnesses:

OSCAR Hoommne, .EDMUND D. CAMPBELL- 

